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Dr. Roland Bacon

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SPIE Journal Paper | 10 October 2024

Characterization of two ultraviolet–blue volume-phase holographic gratings based on dichromated gelatin and photopolymer recording materials

Alexandre Jeanneau, Andrea Bianco, Andrew Clawson, Michele Frangiamore, Elroy Pearson, Laurent Pinard, Jürgen Schmoll, Johan Richard, Rémi Giroud, Florence Laurent, Roland Bacon

JATIS, Vol. 10, Issue 04, 040501, (October 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.10.4.040501

KEYWORDS: Prototyping, Diffraction, Holography, Volume holography, Diffraction gratings, Gelatin, Optical gratings, Manufacturing, Spectrographs, Wavefront errors

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Proceedings Article | 30 August 2024 Open Access

The Blue Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (BlueMUSE) on the VLT: science drivers and overview of instrument design (Erratum)

Johan Richard, Rémi Giroud, Florence Laurent, Davor Krajnović, Alexandre Jeanneau, Roland Bacon, Manuel Abreu, Angela Adamo, Ricardo Araujo, Nicolas Bouché, Jarle Brinchmann, Zhemin Cai, Norberto Castro, Ariadna Calcines, Diane Chapuis, Adélaïde Claeyssens, Luca Cortese, Emanuele Daddi, Christopher Davison, Michael Goodwin, Robert Harris, Matthew Hayes, Mathilde Jauzac, Andreas Kelz, Jean-Paul Kneib, Audrey Lanotte, Jonathon Lawrence, Vianney Le Bouteillier, Remy Lebreton, Matthew Lehnert, Angel Lopez Sanchez, Helen McGregor, Anna McLeod, Manuel Monteiro, Simon Morris, Cyrielle Opitom, Arlette Pécontal, Martin Roth, David Robertson, Jesse van de Sande, Russell Smith, Matthias Steinmetz, Mark Swinbank, Tanya Urrutia, Anne Verhamme, Peter Weilbacher, Martin Wendt, François Wildi, Jessica Zheng

Proceedings Volume 13096, 13096AK (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3049794

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopes, Equipment, Design, Observational astronomy, Observatories, Extragalactic astronomy, Astronomical telescopes, Astronomical imaging

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2024 Poster

WST - Widefield Spectroscopic Telescope: design of a new 12m class telescope dedicated to widefield multi-object and integral field spectroscopy

P. Dierickx, T. Travouillon, G. Gausachs, R. Bacon, C. Cudennec, I. Bryson, D. Lee, J. Kragt, E. Muslimov, K. Dohlen, J. Kosmalski, J. Vernet, T. Lépine, P. Doel, D. Brooks

Proceedings Volume 13094, 1309431 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018518

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Proceedings Article | 26 August 2024 Poster + Paper

The Blue Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (BlueMUSE) on the VLT: characterization of two VPHG prototypes based on dichromated gelatin and photopolymer recording materials

Alexandre Jeanneau, Andrea Bianco, Andrew Clawson, Michele Frangiamore, Elroy Pearson, Laurent Pinard, Jürgen Schmoll, Johan Richard, Rémi Giroud, Florence Laurent, Roland Bacon

Proceedings Volume 13100, 131005L (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019944

KEYWORDS: Prototyping, Diffraction, Wavefront errors, Gelatin, Manufacturing, Diffraction gratings, Spectrographs, Photonics, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

The Blue Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (BlueMUSE) on the VLT: science drivers and overview of instrument design

Johan Richard, Rémi Giroud, Florence Laurent, Davor Krajnović, Alexandre Jeanneau, Roland Bacon, Manuel Abreu, Angela Adamo, Ricardo Araujo, Nicolas Bouché, Jarle Brinchmann, Zhemin Cai, Norberto Castro, Ariadna Calcines, Diane Chapuis, Adélaïde Claeyssens, Luca Cortese, Emanuele Daddi, Christopher Davison, Michael Goodwin, Robert Harris, Matthew Hayes, Mathilde Jauzac, Andreas Kelz, Jean-Paul Kneib, Audrey Lanotte, Jon Lawrence, Vianney Le Bouteillier, Rémy Le Breton, Matthew Lehnert, Angel Lopez Sanchez, Helen McGregor, Anna McLeod, Manuel Monteiro, Simon Morris, Cyrielle Opitom, Arlette Pécontal, Martin Roth, David Robertson, Jesse van de Sande, Russel Smith, Matthias Steinmetz, Mark Swinbank, Tanya Urrutia, Anne Verhamme, Peter Weilbacher, Martin Wendt, François Wildi, Jessica Zheng

Proceedings Volume 13096, 1309622 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019831

KEYWORDS: Galactic astronomy, Equipment, Stars, Design, Sensors, Spectrographs, Spectral resolution, Kinematics, Image quality

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper

WST: Widefield Spectroscopic Telescope: addressing the instrumentation challenges of a new 12m class telescope dedicated to widefield multi-object and integral field spectroscopy

David Lee, Joël D. Vernet, Roland Bacon, Alexandre Jeanneau, Ernesto Oliva, Anna Brucalassi, Andrea Tozzi, José Araiza-Durán, Andrea Bianco, Jan Kragt, Ramon Navarro, Bianca Garilli, Kjetil Dohlen, Jean-Paul Kneib, Ricardo Araujo, Maxime Rombach, Eloy Hernandez, Roelof de Jong, Andreas Kelz, Stephen Watson, Tom Louth, Ian Bryson, Elizabeth George, Norbert Hubin, Julia Bryant, Jon Lawrence

Proceedings Volume 13096, 130960N (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018257

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Spectrographs, Design, Spectroscopes, Mirrors, CMOS sensors, Sensors, Optical design

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

The BlueMUSE data reduction pipeline: lessons learned from MUSE and first design choices

Peter M. Weilbacher, Sven Martens, Martin Wendt, Martin M. Roth, Stefan Dreizler, Andreas Kelz, Roland Bacon, Johan Richard

Proceedings Volume 12189, 1218912 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630024

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Galactic astronomy, Stars, Device simulation, Wave propagation, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 29 August 2022 Poster + Paper

The BlueMUSE calibration unit: phase-A studies

Martin Roth, Peter Weilbacher, Andreas Kelz, Kalaga Madhav, Eloy Hernandez, Johan Richard, Rémy Giroud, Roland Bacon

Proceedings Volume 12184, 121845S (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629630

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Lamps, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Spectrographs, Frequency combs, Velocity measurements, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 16 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Planet formation with all flavors of adaptive optics: VLT/MUSE’s laser tomography adaptive optics to directly image young accreting exoplanets

Julien Girard, Sebastiaan Haffert, Jaehan Bae, Peter Zeidler, Jozua de Boer, Alexander Bohn, Rob van Holstein, Jarle Brinchmann, Ignas Snellen, Rolan Bacon, Christoph Keller

Proceedings Volume 11448, 1144808 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560075

KEYWORDS: Planets, Adaptive optics, Stars, Spatial resolution, Planetary systems, Near infrared, Spectrographs, Point spread functions, Image resolution, Iterated function systems

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